Global Patent Index - EP 2708610 A4

EP 2708610 A4 20151021 - VEHICLE COLLISION ENERGY ABSORBING MEMBER HAVING HIGH COLLISION ENERGY ABSORBING POWER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Title (en)

VEHICLE COLLISION ENERGY ABSORBING MEMBER HAVING HIGH COLLISION ENERGY ABSORBING POWER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

Title (de)

ELEMENT ZUR ABSORPTION DER ENERGIE EINES FAHRZEUGZUSAMMENSTOSSES MIT HOHER KOLLISIONSENERGIE-ABSORPTIONSKRAFT SOWIE HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR

Title (fr)

ÉLÉMENT D'ABSORPTION D'ÉNERGIE DE COLLISION D'UN VÉHICULE PRÉSENTANT UN FORT POUVOIR D'ABSORPTION D'ÉNERGIE DE COLLISION, ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION

Publication

EP 2708610 A4 20151021 (EN)

Application

EP 12781669 A 20120423

Priority

  • JP 2011107214 A 20110512
  • JP 2012095957 A 20120419
  • JP 2012002778 W 20120423

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2708610A1] Provided is a vehicle collision energy absorbing member excellent in collision energy absorbing performance in the axial direction upon collision. The vehicle collision energy absorbing member is formed of a high strength thin steel sheet having TS of at least 980 MPa and having an n-value and a limit bending radius Rc satisfying the following Formula: Rc / t ‰¤ 1.31 x ln(n) + 5.21. The use of the aforementioned high strength thin steel sheet allows the member to be stably buckled in the axial direction and crush-deformed into a bellows shape upon vehicle collision even if TS is 980 MPa or above. The high strength steel sheet used herein preferably includes a chemical composition containing, by mass%: C: 0.14 % to 0.30 %; Si: 0.01 % to 1.6 %; Mn: 3.5 % to 10 %; N: 0.0060 % or less; and Nb: 0.01 % to 0.10 %, and has a microstructure including a ferrite phase by 30 % to 70 % in volume fraction with respect to the entire microstructure and a secondary phase other than the ferrite phase, the ferrite phase having an average grain size of 1.0 µm or smaller, the secondary phase at least containing a retained austenite phase by at least 10 % in volume fraction to the entire microstructure, the retained austenite phase having an average spacing of 1.5 µm or less.

IPC 8 full level

C22C 38/00 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); C21D 9/00 (2006.01); C21D 9/46 (2006.01); C22C 38/02 (2006.01); C22C 38/04 (2006.01); C22C 38/06 (2006.01); C22C 38/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

B21D 53/88 (2013.01 - EP KR US); B62D 29/007 (2013.01 - US); C21D 9/0068 (2013.01 - EP US); C21D 9/46 (2013.01 - KR); C22C 38/001 (2013.01 - EP KR US); C22C 38/02 (2013.01 - EP US); C22C 38/04 (2013.01 - EP US); C22C 38/06 (2013.01 - EP US); C22C 38/12 (2013.01 - EP KR US); C21D 9/46 (2013.01 - EP US); C21D 2211/001 (2013.01 - EP US); C21D 2211/005 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2708610 A1 20140319; EP 2708610 A4 20151021; EP 2708610 B1 20170927; BR 112013029160 A2 20170131; BR 112013029160 B1 20181121; CA 2835153 A1 20121115; CA 2835153 C 20161025; CN 103582714 A 20140212; CN 103582714 B 20151014; JP 2012251239 A 20121220; JP 5856002 B2 20160209; KR 101570918 B1 20151120; KR 20130140176 A 20131223; MX 2013013193 A 20140821; MX 351295 B 20171010; RU 2013155176 A 20150620; RU 2558779 C2 20150810; TW 201307126 A 20130216; TW I494237 B 20150801; US 2014103684 A1 20140417; US 9452792 B2 20160927; WO 2012153471 A1 20121115

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12781669 A 20120423; BR 112013029160 A 20120423; CA 2835153 A 20120423; CN 201280022779 A 20120423; JP 2012002778 W 20120423; JP 2012095957 A 20120419; KR 20137029601 A 20120423; MX 2013013193 A 20120423; RU 2013155176 A 20120423; TW 101115714 A 20120503; US 201214116847 A 20120423